The2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"; shortened to "the '10s" and also known as "The Tens" or "The Teens") was adecade that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 2019.
The decade began with an economic recovery from theGreat Recession.Inflation andinterest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade,gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019. Global economic recovery accelerated during the latter half of the decade, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robustconsumer spending, increased investment ininfrastructure, andthe emergence of new technologies. However, the recovery developed unevenly. Socioeconomic crises in some countries—particularly in theArab world—triggered political revolutions inTunisia,Egypt, andBahrain as well as civil wars inLibya,Syria, andYemen in a regional phenomenon that was commonly referred to as theArab Spring. Meanwhile, Europe had to grapple witha debt crisis that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes sawLGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly indeveloped countries.
During the decade, the world population grew from 6.9 to 7.7 billion people. There were approximately 1.4 billion births during the decade (140 million per year), and about 560 million deaths (56 million per year).[4]
Conflict betweenJewish andArab communities inIsrael and theWest Bank has been ongoing since 1948.[5] After Israel occupied the West Bank, it began makingsettlements there, which has been an obstacle to the peace process.[6] Tensions also remained high asHamas, which controls theGaza Strip, has been launching rockets and cross-border raids into Israeli territory, to which Israel has responded with force.[7]
In late 2013, a terrorist organisation called theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant began making rapid advances and territorial gains inIraq andSyria. Itcaptured Mosul in June[18] and madeRaqqa its capital.[19] Various international coalitions led by theUnited States,France,Russia, andMuslim states and with aid from dozens of countries were formed to help fight the militants.[20][21] By December 2017, ISIL had lost all of its territory in Iraq and 95% of its territory in Syria,[22] and was militarily and territorially defeated on 23 March 2019.[23]
Since 2004,Pakistan has been fighting an insurgency by armed militant groups aligned with theTaliban orIslamic State along its border withAfghanistan.[41] The violence has killed at least 60,000 since[42] and over 6 million displaced.[43][44][45] By 2014, however, casualties from terrorist and militant attacks had dropped by around 40%.[46][47]
Since 2005,Paraguay has been fighting a low-level insurgency byMarxist–Leninist[48] armed militant groups.[49] The conflict is estimated to have caused a cumulative 111 deaths by 2020, most of which have been insurgents, local ranchers, and police officers.[49]
In 2009,Al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group, began waging an insurgency against the newly formedTransitional Federal Government. In 2011, the federal governmentcapturedMogadishu[60] and subsequently retook towns across the country.[61] Since then, the government has attempted to clean out the remaining Al-Shabaab strongholds with help fromAMISOM soldiers[62] and military intervention on the part of the United States. Al-Shabaab made a resurgence in 2016, when AMISOM andKenyan forces were subject to attacks and raids,[63] to which American and Somali forces responded with airstrikes,[64][65] weakening Al Shabaab's territorial prominence. The conflict has cost 300,000 to 500,000 lives and devastated Somalia's infrastructure and humanitarian resources.[66][67]
Sparked by long-standing conflict betweenNigeria'sChristian andMuslim communities, theBoko Haram insurgency began when thejihadistrebel group started a rebellion against thegovernment.[68] In 2015, the group pledged alliance toISIL,[69] becoming the world's deadliest terrorist group by 2015.[70][71] The conflict has killed over 37,500 people and displaced 2.5 million, driving 244,000 Nigerian refugees into neighbouring states.[72] Insurgents were weakened in 2015 when Nigerian forces drove them into Sambisa Forest,[73] causing bitter infighting.[74] However, they made a resurgence in 2018–19, with human rights violations; massacres; and mass child kidnappings, exploitation, and torture posing a threat to civilians.[75][76][77][78]
In 2012, arebellion byTuaregs in NorthernMali began. After Malian presidentAmadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a coup, Tuaregs captured Northern Mali,[79] and declared it to be the independent state ofAzawad.[80] However, Islamists groups took over Northern Mali from the Tuaregs and imposed sharia law.[81]
The civil war began with the conquest ofFallujah,Mosul,Tikrit and areas ofnorthern Iraq byIslamic State. Nations provided aid in the form of airstrikes, troops and intelligence.[84][85] In December 2017, Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi announced victory over ISIL,[86] though others warned to expect ISIL to continue the fight by other means.[87]
Following thefactional violence that engulfed Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, a second civil war broke out among factions seeking control of the territory and oil ofLibya. The conflict was mostly between theHouse of Representatives (HoR) government that was controversiallyelected in 2014, also known as the "Tobruk government"; and the rivalGeneral National Congress (GNC) government, also called the "National Salvation Government". A permanent ceasefire agreement in all areas became effective from October 2020, ending the war.[88][89]
Preceded by a decade-longHouthi insurgency,[90] the Yemeni civil war began between two factions: the then-incumbent Yemeni government and theHouthi militia, along with their supporters and allies. Both claim to constitute theYemeni government.[91]
There was a rise in criminal violence as a result of drug trafficking, after Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte was inaugurated in 2016.[92] As of 2020, it has caused about 6000 deaths.[93]
Following the suppression of2016–17 protests by Cameroonian authorities,Ambazonianseparatists in the Anglophone regions launched aguerrilla campaign against theCameroon Armed Forces, and unilaterally proclaimed independence. In November 2017, the government of Cameroon declared war on the separatists and sent its army into the Anglophone regions.
The Catatumbo campaign has been an ongoing period of violence between militia faction groups in the Catatumbo region ofColombia andVenezuela since January 2018. It is an extension of thewar on drugs and developed after theColombian peace process of 2016.
A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest inTurkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan forIstanbul'sTaksim Gezi Park.
In a quick turn of events, the president of thebreakway republic,Alexander Ankvab, was ousted from power after the government building was stormed.[97]
A series of demonstrations andriots inBurkina Faso in October 2014. Demonstrations began in response to controversial attempts to introduce a constitutional amendment that would lift term limits and allowPresidentBlaise Compaoré to run for additional terms as president and extend his years in office. On 30 October, Compaoré dissolved the government and fled toCôte d'Ivoire and was succeeded byYacouba Isaac Zida.
In 2015 and 2016, a series of protests in Brazil denouncedgovernment corruption and the presidency ofDilma Rousseff, being the largest popular mobilisations in the country since the beginning of the "New Republic".
Various political and civil groups led by member of parliamentNikol Pashinyan staged anti-government protests in Armenia. Prime MinisterSerzh Sargsyan resigned on 23 April 2018. Nikol Pashinyan was elected prime minister on 8 May 2018.
France experiences its worstcivil unrest since theprotests of 1968 due to theyellow vests movement. Protests inParis morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested. Over 100 cars are burned and numerous tourist sites are closed.
Mass protests take place inHong Kong against anextradition bill that many observed would subject Hong Kong residents and those passing through the city tode facto jurisdiction of Chinese courts. Despite Hong Kong Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam announcing the bill to be "dead" after weeks of mass protests, waves of localised demonstrations continued, some resulting in violent clashes between police, pro-democracy activists, local residents, andTriad members.
On 3 October 2019, taxi, bus and truck drivers came out in protest against the planned fuel subsidy abolition and austerity measures announced by PresidentLenín Moreno. The government seat was relocated fromQuito toGuayaquil and a state of emergency was declared following violent protests.
On 18 October 2019, a period of mass protests and violent unrest began in Chile. The protests were initially in response to a fare hike on theSantiago Metro, but the scope of the protestors' demands has since expanded.
The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Islamic world in the early 2010s. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a lowstandard of living, starting with protests inTunisia.[113][114]Social media was heralded as the driving force behind the swift spread of revolution throughout the world, as new protests appeared in response to success stories shared from those taking place in other countries. Many governments began recognising the importance of social media for citizens to organise and began shutting down certain websites or blocking Internet service entirely, especially prior to major rallies.[115] Governments also scrutinised or suppressed discussion in online forums through accusing content creators of unrelated crimes or shutting down communication on specific sites or groups, such as throughFacebook.[116]
Amidst anti-government protests, Tunisia's presidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency and resigned from office.
Facing protests against his 42-year rule,Muammar Gaddafi refused to step down and sent in the military to brutally quell protests.[119][120] As a result, many army units defected to the opposition and protests soon turned into an armed rebellion.[121] Withinternational help, the rebels capturedTripoli,[122] and eventuallySirte, Gaddafi's hometown and last outpost, where he was killed.[123]
Protests erupted inSyria against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, with police and the army sent in to crack down on protesters.[124][125] They later morphed into war after army officers defected to the opposition, forming theFree Syrian Army (FSA).[126] It led to the Kurdish parties called theSDF to secede from Northeastern Syria, formingRojava. The war also allowed for Islamic extremist groups likeAl-Nusra Front and ISIL to temporarily take control of vast amounts of territory.
TheArab Spring saw mass unrest in theArab world early in the decade: Government overthrown multiple times Government overthrown Civil war Protests and governmental changes Major protests Minor protests Other protests and militant action outside the Arab world
On 8 April 2010, the United States and Russiasigned a treaty inPrague,Czech Republic agreed to reduce the stockpiles of their nuclear weapons by half. It is meant to replace theStrategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), which was set to expire.[127] The treaty went into force on 5 February 2011 after it was ratified by both nations.[128]
In 2015,Iran and other world powers agreed to trade sanctions relief for explicit constraints on Iran's contentious nuclear program, including allowing the inspections of nuclear facilities by theInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).[129] On 16 January 2016 the IAEA confirmed that Iran had complied with the agreement (theJCPOA), allowing the United Nations to lift sanctions immediately.[130][131] However, on 8 May 2018, United States PresidentDonald Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the deal.[132]
Throughout the decade,North Koreaexpanded its nuclear capabilities, performing alleged nuclear tests in2013[136] and2016,[137] which governments responded by placing international sanctions on the country.[138][139] In response North Korea has threatened the United States, South Korea and Japan with pre-emptive nuclear strikes.[140] However, in 2018, North Korea suggested that they may disarm their nuclear arsenal after negotiations with the United States.
On 1 February 2019, The US formally suspended the Russo-AmericanIntermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF),[141] and Russia did the same on the following day in response. The US formally withdrew from the treaty on 2 August 2019.[142]
BRICS, a supranational economic cooperative comprising five majoremerging national economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—grew to represent over 3.1 billion people, or about 41 percent of the world population by 2015.
China was increasingly called asuperpower in the early 2010s, including at the 2011 meeting between PresidentHu Jintao and United States PresidentBarack Obama. By the end of the decade, China overtook the U.S. as the world's largest trading nation and the country filing themost patents, dramatically expanded itsmilitary and landed its lunar roverYutu on the moon, ending a four-decade hiatus of lunar exploration. In 2018,global military spending reached its highest level since 1988, lateCold War levels, largely fuelled by increaseddefence spending by the United States (4.6% increase to $649 billion) and China (5% increase to $250 billion). Together, their budgets accounted for half of the world's total military spending.[187] In 2019, theLowy InstituteAsia Power Index, which measures the projections of power across eight indexes in the Indo-Pacific, ranked the United States at #1 with a score of 84.5 and China #2 with a score of 75.9.[188]
Socio-political polarisation increased as conservatives and social liberals clashed over the role and size of government and other social, economic and environmental issues in theWest. In theUnited States, polls showed a divided electorate regarding healthcare reform, immigration, gun rights, taxation, job creation, and debt reduction.[189] InEurope, movements protesting increasing numbers of refugees and migrants fromIslamic countries developed, such as theEnglish Defence League andPegida.[190][191]The trend of polarisation in the West was partially influenced by the prevalence ofidentity politics, bothleft-wing andright-wing, amongactivist movements.[192] Beginning around 2011,far-left andprogressive concepts such as combatingsocial inequality andeconomic inequality, often viaprogressive stack tactics, proliferated in theWestern world and elsewhere.[193][194][195] Around the middle of the decade, phenomenon such aswhite nationalism,identitarianism and emboldened feelings ofnativism saw a marked reemergence in the West due to drastically increased migration and corresponding crime and amongst both the right and left general dissatisfaction with Western government and Media responses to certain issues.[196] There were also increased calls foregalitarianism, including between the sexes,[197] and some scholars assert that afourth wave of feminism began around 2012, with a primary focus onintersectionality.[198][199]
Related to the rise of populism and protests movements was the decline of traditional political parties. In Europe,pasokification described the loss of vote share experienced by traditionalcentre-left orsocial democratic parties. In France, specifically,Emmanuel Macron'sLa République En Marche! party won a majority in its first election in 2017.
The political establishment was also challenged in many countries by protest movements, often organised through newsocial media platforms. These included the variousArab Spring protests, theOccupy movement, and theyellow vests movement.
A referendum was held inSouthern Sudan on whether the region should remain part ofSudan. An overwhelming majority voted in favour of separation and formed the new country ofSouth Sudan.
Beji Caid Essebsi won the first regular presidential election following the Tunisian revolution against outgoing presidentMoncef Marzouki. He became Tunisia's fifthpresident and first freely elected head of state in the Arab world.
Security forces of theTransitional Military Council, themilitary junta ruling Sudan following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir, massacre over 100 people at asit-in protest amidmass protests in Khartoum. The massacre prompts theAfrican Union to suspend Sudan's participation until civilian rule is reestablished in the country.
Conservative academicKais Saied wins more than 70% of the votes, defeating businessmanNabil Karoui. He became Tunisia's sixthpresident and second freely elected head of state in the Arab world.
On 21 June theChamber of Deputies voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and theSenate removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice PresidentFederico Franco, who had broken with Lugo, becoming president.
Republican nomineeDonald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating former U.S. Secretary of State and Democratic nomineeHillary Clinton. He became the first President without prior diplomatic or military experience.
TheSupreme Tribunal of Justice ofVenezuela took over legislative powers of theNational Assembly and removed its members' immunity, most of whom belonged tothe opposition. The decision was reversed a few days later following domestic and international condemnation of the court's actions.
Peruvian presidentPedro Pablo Kuczynski wasimpeached and later resigned. His successor Martín Vizcarra was removed by congress and appointed Vice PresidentMercedes Aráoz as interim president, moves that were largely seen as illegitimate.
Bolivian presidentEvo Morales resigns following 19 days of protests after the disputed2019 Bolivian general election and following calls for his resignation by the military.
Donald Trump,a celebrity (filmography) andbusinessman, became president of the United States in 2017. Trump was the first U.S. president without prior military or government experience. Had Hillary Clinton been elected in 2016, she would have been the United States' first female president. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016, but did not win the electoral college.
TheBharatiya Janata Party, led byNarendra Modi, won a landslide victory in India's general election, the first time a single party gained a majority on its own since 1984.
An estimated 6 to 7 million attended the Concluding Eucharistic Celebration inManila on the Feast Day ofSanto Niño de Cebú, ending the 5-day apostolic and state visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines, the largest papal crowd in history.
Founding Prime Minister ofSingapore who ruled from 1959 to 1990, highly regarded as the founding father of the nation, died frompneumonia at the age of 91.
Moon Jae-in was elected the 12th President of South Korea, originally scheduled to take place later in the year, the election was moved to early May following the impeachment of PresidentPark Geun-hye.
In 2013, China launched the ambitiousBelt and Road infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade.
The longest-serving prime minister of Italy,Silvio Berlusconi, resigned in November 2011, after asexual allegation scandal, a financial crisis and public protests. The economistMario Monti was appointed new prime minister, at the head of a technocratic cabinet.
Benedict XVI resigned aspope, the first todo so sinceGregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily sinceCelestine V in 1294. On 13 March, after apapal conclave, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is inaugurated asPope Francis, the firstJesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European Pope in over 500 years.
In a referendum called by the governingScottish National Party, Scotland voted to remain in theUnited Kingdom, with 55.3% of votes against independence while 44.7% voted in favour.
Ahistoric agreement aimed at keepingglobal warming below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial levels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is adopted by all 195UNFCCC member states.
In a referendum held in the United Kingdom on whether or not to continue being a member of theEuropean Union, 52% of voters chose to leave it.Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation afterwards, beingsucceeded byTheresa May.
En Marche! candidateEmmanuel Macron was elected the President of France, replacing incumbent Hollande and defeating National Front candidateMarine Le Pen in the second round of voting. Macron is the youngest president in the history of theFrench Fifth Republic.
Political conflict sparks between theSpanish and theCatalan governments over the2017 Catalan independence referendum. It still went ahead, with 91% of voters supporting independence within Catalonia, with unionists and Spain opposing the vote. On 27 October,Catalonia declares independence fromSpain but it is not recognised by any sovereign nation, while Madrid imposes direct rule for 6 months.[315]
The centre-right alliance, in which the right-wing populistLeague emerged as the main political force, won aplurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, while the anti-establishmentFive Star Movement became the party with the largest number of votes. After months ofnegotiations, the two populist parties, M5S and League, formed a government.
After an extended period of political deadlock over how to proceed with leaving the European Union an early general election took place in the United Kingdom in which the pro-withdrawal Conservative party, led by new prime ministerBoris Johnson, won a sizeable majority of seats effectively guaranteeing Brexit would take place in January the following year.
28 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian presidentViktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed theCrimean Peninsula from Ukraine
Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving inGreece. In the 2010s Europe had been severely affected by a hugemigration fromAfrica andMiddle East
Anwar al-Awlaki, a senior talent recruiter, planner and spiritual leader of al-Qaeda, waskilled in a targeted killing in the northernal-Jawf province of Yemen, in a drone strike.[325]
Jo Cox, British MP, was shot and stabbed to death by aNeo-Naziwhite supremacist[334] inBirstall,England. She was the first British MP assassinated in over a quarter of a century and the first female politician in Britain to be assassinated.[335]
Antonio Halili, Mayor ofTanauan, Batangas, was assassinated by an unidentified gunman while attending a flag raising ceremony together with around 300 government employees and newly electedbarangay officials.[341]
Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian dissident and journalist forThe Washington Post, was assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate by the Saudi Government in Istanbul, Turkey in what is widely believed to have been ordered directly byCrown PrinceMohammed bin Salman.[343][344][345]
Polish PresidentLech Kaczyński and dozens of Polish government and military officials were among 96 people killed when their plane crashed nearSmolensk,Russia.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished en route fromKuala Lumpur toBeijing. The bulk of the plane is still missing, with all 239 people on board presumed dead. The first remains of the aircraft were found on 29 July 2015, after they washed ashore onRéunion Island.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down overDonetsk Oblast,Ukraine and crashed near the Ukrainian-Russian border, killing all 298 people on board, making it the deadliest airliner shoot down in history.
ALockheed C-130 Hercules operated by theIndonesian Air Force crashed into a crowded residential neighbourhood inMedan shortly after take-off fromSoewondo Air Force Base, killing 143 people including 22 on the ground, making it the deadliest crash in Indonesian Air Force peacetime history.
For over 15 months it was unclear what exactly happened toMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 until at the end of July 2015 a few remnants of the plane swept to the shores of the island ofRéunion
Thirty-three miners nearCopiapó, Chile, were trapped 700 metres (2,300 feet) underground in a mining accident inSan José Mine, before being rescued after surviving for a record 69 days.
An eight-story factory building collapsed in the outskirts ofDhaka,Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring over 2,000 more, becoming the deadliest structural failure in history.
Two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at a container storage station at thePort of Tianjin in theBinhai New Area ofTianjin, China, killing at least 173.
Aniron oretailings dam in Bento Rodrigues, a subdistrict ofMariana, Brazil, suffered acatastrophic failure, causing flooding and at least 17 deaths. At least 16 people have been injured. This incident has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history.
Part of theMorandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm inGenoa,Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime MinisterLuigi Di Maio and transport ministerDanilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.
A gasolinepipeline exploded in the town ofTlahuelilpan, in theMexican state ofHidalgo. The blast killed at least 135 people and injured dozens more. Mexican authorities blamedfuel thieves, who had illegally tapped the pipeline.
A major explosion at a chemical plant inXiangshui,Jiangsu, China, kills at least 64 people and injures more than 600 others. Its powerful impact registered as an artificial earthquake.
A fire ignited by a faulty refrigerator in aLondon council estate tower block spread to almost the entirety ofthe building causing 72 deaths and over 70 injuries.
A major fire at theNotre-Dame Cathedral destroyed most of its roof, and its upper walls were severely damaged; extensive damage to the interior was prevented by its stone vaulted ceiling, which largely contained the burning roof as it collapsed. 3 injuries were reported, but there were no confirmed deaths.
The river cruise shipDongfang zhi Xing capsized in theYangtze River after being hit by awaterspout, killing 442 people, making it the deadliest maritime disaster inChina's peacetime history.
An explosion onBP'sDeepwater Horizon offshoredrilling rig, operating in theGulf of Mexico off the coast ofLouisiana, left eleven crewmen dead and resulted in a fire that sank the rig and caused a massive oil spill, becoming the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hitHaiti, causing widespread destruction inPort-au-Prince. Haitian authorities believe that the disaster killed between 200,000 and 250,000 people and over three million more were affected by the quake. The earthquake was the deadliest disaster in the decade.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hitMexicali andBaja, killing three and injuring more than two hundred. US border towns inImperial Valley, California were affected.
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit nearSendai, Japan. It created a 133 feet (41 m) high tsunami, leaving 15,893 dead, 2,565 missing and over 150,000 displaced. It was the largest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years.
A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake inNepal killed at least 8,857 people and injured tens of thousands more. It is the worst disaster to hit Nepal in decades.
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the city ofPuebla. Coincidentally, it was also the 32nd anniversary of the1985 Mexico City earthquake, which was commemorated with a national seismic alert drill, just two hours before the real earthquake struck, which left 360 dead and over 6,000 injured.
Tropical Storm Washi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Sendong, caused catastrophic damage on thePhilippine island ofMindanao. More than 1,000 died and thousands were injured or missing.
Hurricane Sandy caused immense destruction in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the United States, leaving at least 233 dead. It became the largest Atlantic tropical storm ever.
Typhoon Haiyan, known as Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, hits the Philippines, killing at least 6,000 people, with a thousand more still missing, making it the deadliesttyphoon to ever hit the Philippines.
Hurricane Matthew caused catastrophic damage and ahumanitarian crisis inHaiti, as well as widespread devastation in thesoutheastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane sinceHurricane Stan in 2005, it caused extensive damage to landmasses in theGreater Antilles, severe damage in several islands of theBahamas and was responsible for 603 fatalities.
Hurricane Harvey slams into southeasternTexas after reorganising over theGulf of Mexico, causing catastrophic flooding and billions in damages. It became the first major hurricane to makelandfall in the United States sinceHurricane Wilma in2005. Total damage from the hurricane was estimated at $125 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster ever in the United States, tied with 2005'sHurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Maria is regarded as the worst natural disaster on record inDominica, and caused catastrophic damage and a majorhumanitarian crisis inPuerto Rico. The thirdcostliest Atlantic hurricane to date, it caused catastrophic damage and thousands of fatalities across the northeasternCaribbean, compounding recovery efforts in areas still damaged fromHurricane Irma just two weeks prior.
Hurricane Michael was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the contiguous United States sinceAndrew in 1992. In addition, it was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in thecontiguous United States in terms of pressure, behind the1935 Labor Day hurricane andHurricane Camille of 1969. It was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to impact theFlorida Panhandle, and was the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States, in terms of wind speed. Michael was responsible for 74 deaths.
A tornado outbreak in the United States and Canada killed 324 people across six states. At 360 tornadoes, it was the largest and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in United States history.
Another U.S. tornado outbreak took place over six days. 178 people were killed, most of which occurred inJoplin, Missouri after an EF5 tornadoswept through the city, killing 158 people and injuring at least 1,150.
A tornado struck theBara andParsa districts of Nepal, killing 28 and injuring 1,176 people. It is the first officially recorded tornado in Nepalese history.
Flooding occurred in Pakistan after recordmonsoon rains, killing at least 1,600 people, thousands were rendered homeless, and more than thirteen million people were affected. Estimates from rescue service officials suggest the death toll might have reached 3,000.
Between 13 and 18 May 2014 a low pressure cyclone designated "Tamara" and "Yvette" affected a large area of Southeastern and Central Europe, causing floods and landslides.Serbia andBosnia and Herzegovina suffered the greatest damage as the rain was the heaviest in 120 years of recorded weather measurements. At least 86 people were killed and hundreds of thousands had been forced from their homes. Assessments of damage range up to 3.5 billion euros for Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon affected theCoromandel Coast region of theSouth Indian states ofTamil Nadu andAndhra Pradesh. More than 500 people were killed and over 1.8 million people were displaced. With estimates of damages and losses ranging from nearly ₹200 billion (US$3 billion) to over ₹1 trillion (US$14 billion), the floods were the costliest to have occurred in 2015, and were among the costliest natural disasters of the year.
Mount Merapi erupted in Indonesia, killing 353 people and grounding flights acrossSoutheast Asia, becoming the largest eruption from the mountain in a century.
The state ofCalifornia suffered through a water drought for the most part of the decade, affecting the way how Californians showered, use their drinking water, and even some of their electricity.
A wildfire began southwest ofFort McMurray,Alberta, Canada. On 3 May, it swept through the community, destroying more than 2,400 homes and buildings and forcing the largest wildfire evacuation inAlberta's history. The wildfire is the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
The 2019 Australian bushfire season arrived in the wake of heavy droughts across the country, with fires covering the east coast including the metropolitan confines of Sydney. There were 34 direct fatalities and hundreds of properties destroyed. Subsequent smoke covered the city of Sydney and Melbourne, causing toxic air pollution.
Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decadeThe weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003In 2014 theOne World Trade Center opened its doors in theFinancial District of Manhattan, serving as a replacement to the original World Trade Center Twin Towers that were destroyed in 2001. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 (the same yearOsama bin Laden was killed), the9/11 Memorial was opened.
Theglobal economy during the 2010s was generally strong. It saw steady growth, low unemployment, and increasing consumer confidence recovering from thegreat recession. The decade ended with a strong finish, with 2019 seeing record highs in many areas. Asovereign-debt crisis in Europe began in early 2010, and theGreek government admitted that it was having difficulties servicing its largesovereign debt. In the summer and fall of 2011, bond yields forItaly and Spain spiked above 6 percent.[475] By 2015 bond rates had returned to normal ranges across Europe, save for Greece, which accepted another, even more stringent bailout package. The size of theEuropean Financial Stability Facility was increased from €440 billion to €2 trillion.[476] Despite the Eurozone debt crisis, the AmericanDow Jones Industrial Average had its longest stretch of gains since the late 1990s tech boom.[477] However, economic issues, including inflation and an increase incommodity prices, sparked unrest in many lower-income countries. In some countries, particularly those in theArab world, political unrest evolved intosocioeconomic crises, resulting in theArab Spring leading to political instability and civil wars.
In 2010, China became the second largest global economy, surpassing Japan.[483] Japan also saw a rating downgrade the following year due to debt burden.[484] In August 2011, the S&P downgraded theUnited States'credit rating from triple AAA to AA-plus following adebt ceiling crisis.[485] Also in 2011, aGallup poll found that more than half of Americans believed the country was still in a recession.[486] In June 2015, theShanghai Stock Exchange lost a third of the value of A-shares within one month, an event known as the2015–16 Chinese stock market turbulence. India became the fastest growing major economy of the world in 2015, surpassing China.[487] In 2018, as the U.S.Federal Reserve raised interest rates, fears of ayield curve inversion preceding a potential U.S. recession sent inflation higher in several emerging markets, includingArgentina, where interest rates hit 40% and anInternational Monetary Fund bail out was issued.[488] In 2019,Singapore supplanted the United States as the world's most competitive economy, with the U.S. dropping to third, behindHong Kong.[489]
Global oil production in 2014 reached a historic peak, reaching 93 million barrels/day.[490] In 2018, partially due to ashale boom, the United States overcameRussia andSaudi Arabia in becoming the world's largest crude oil producer, the first time since 1973.[491] Around the year 2017 is a period seen by some economists as being the new peak of a "goldilocks economy".[492] The International Monetary Fund's April 2019 World Economic Outlook stated, "After peaking at close to 4 percent in 2017, global [economic] growth remained strong, at 3.8 percent in the first half of 2018, but dropped to 3.2 percent in the second half of the year."[493]
In 2018, United States PresidentDonald Trump announced he would put into place newtariffs on some Chinese products, starting the 'US-China Trade War', aneconomic conflict involving the world's two largest economies. Trump said the reasoning for the trade war was to punish China for "unfair" trade practices, such as the appropriation of jobs and the theft of Americanintellectual property. China responded with tariffs of its own, and a cycle began, escalating the conflict. As part of his 'America First' policy, Trump also announcednew tariffs were being placed on countries around the world for various products such as steel and aluminium, which also drew some economic retaliation from traditional U.S. trade partners.
In the same vein as cryptocurrency, the trend towards acashless society continued as non-cash transactions anddigital currency saw an increase in favourability in the 2010s. By 2016, only about 2 percent of the value transacted inSweden was by cash, and only about 20 percent of retail transactions were in cash. Fewer than half of bank branches in the country conducted cash transactions.[497] A report published in 2019 suggested that the percentage of payments conducted in cash in theUnited Kingdom had fallen to 34% from 63% from 2009.[498] The 2016 United States User Consumer Survey Study claimed that 75 percent of respondents preferred a credit card or debit card as their payment method while only 11 percent of respondents preferred cash.[499]
The late 2000s saw the rise of two prominentmobile operating systems,Android developed byGoogle andiOS developed byApple. The widespread adoption ofsmartphones in the early 2010s, particularly following the success of Apple’siPhone and the proliferation of Android-powered devices from manufacturers such asSamsung andHTC, contributed to the rapid expansion of both platforms.[511] By 2017, Android had become the leading mobile operating system globally, accounting for approximately 85.9% of the market share.[512]
In 2016, the number of people globally using mobile devices to access the internet overtook those using desktop computers for the first time, having been preceded by the U.S. two years prior in 2014.[513][514][515][516][517]3D printers also emerged in the 2010s and were referenced or used in pop culture during the decade.
In 2018, during theFalcon Heavy test flight, the first production car was launched into space.The car was attached to the Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful rocket in operation at the time,[518] which side boosterssuccessfully landed back on Earth after completing their portion of the mission.
The 2010s saw the release of smaller and earlier iPhone iterations, as during the 2010s newer smartphones began to replaceclamshell phones (flip phones). Phones of the 2010s mostly saw the usage of3G and4G technologies.
Many earlier iPhones would be released bundled with wired earbuds.
DVDs continued to be used throughout the 2010s decade, as new DVD rental pop-ups likeRedbox appeared.
Nintendo DS and 3DS cartridges as would be used to play handheld video games earlier in the decade, before the later release of the hybrid Nintendo Switch system in 2017.
Cyber security incidents, such ashacking, leaks or theft of sensitive information, gained increased attention of governments, corporations and individuals.
WikiLeaks published more than 90,000 internal U.S. military logs of theWar in Afghanistan. The documents revealed numerous cover-ups and absence of trials for captured or killed Taliban members by the coalition.[519]
Amaliciouscomputer worm was responsible for causing substantial damage toIran's nuclear program. Although neither country has admitted responsibility, the worm is now generally acknowledged to be a jointly built U.S.-Israelicyberweapon.[520]
WikiLeaks disclosed nearly 392,000 U.S. Army field reports of theIraq War, the largest leak in the history of the U.S. military. It documented multiple cases of misconduct, abuse of power against civilians and other war crimes by U.S. authorities in the country.[521]
A report disclosed details of 130,000offshore accounts, with some observers calling it one of the biggest hit against international tax fraud of all time. The report originated from the Washington D.C. investigative journalism nonprofit, theInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).[522]
TheOffice of Personnel Management of the U.S. government announced that it was hacked, resulting in a massivedata breach, stealing information of around 21.5 million people.[524] The attack was suspected to have originated from China but it remains unclear if it was or not.[525]
TheBangladesh Bank became a victim of theft after hackers attempted to steal US$951 Million from its account at theFederal Reserve Bank of New York.[526] The hackers failed to steal the attempted amount but still got away with $81 million, which was diverted to the Philippines, making it one of the largest bank heists in history.[527]
11.5 million confidential documents were leaked from thePanamanian law firmMossack Fonseca that detailed financial and attorney–client information of more than 214,488 offshore companies. The leaks revealed information of various prominent figures being involved in hidden financial dealings withintax havens and companies doing business with terrorist organisations and governments under international sanctions.[528]
Yahoo Inc. reported that account information for up to 500 million users in 2014 had been hacked, compromising personal data from the accounts, including names, addresses, passwords, telephone numbers and possiblyencrypting other information.[529]
A set of 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating tooffshore investments. The documents originate from theoffshore law firmAppleby, the corporate services providersEstera andAsiaciti Trust, and business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions. At 1.4terabytes in size, this is second only to the Panama Papers, it is the second biggest data leak in history.[532]
AIDS, apandemic responsible for killing over 30 million people since its discovery in the early 1980s, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, became a treatable condition, though by the end of the decade only two cases had beencured.[533] With good treatment patients can generally expect normal lives and lifespans. However, as of 2011[update] only some 5 million of the 12 million affected people had access to such treatment.[534]
During the 2010s, social changes included increases in life expectancy and falling birth rates leading to larger proportions of the population being elderly. This put pressure on pensions and other social security programs in developed nations. The environment became a topic of greater public concern around the world.[535] Many parts of the world moved towards greater acceptance of LGBT people often including the legalisation of same-sex marriage. The internet took an ever greater role in entertainment, communication, politics and commerce, especially for younger people and those living in wealthier countries. In 2011, theworld populationreached seven billion people.[536]
The Big Bang Theory, which was popular in the 2010s, became the top sitcom throughout its airing onCBS. The show featured numerous pop-culture figures from science and tech, includingBill Gates,Buzz Aldrin, andElon Musk.
A young child spinning afidget spinner, one of the most popular toys of the decade from spring and summer of 2017, joining novelty toys of the 2010s such as thefidget cube.
TheNintendo 3DS, a portable 3D gaming device that contained glasses-free 3D and was released during the height of the 3D fad in the 2010s. Its flagship title wasSuper Mario 3D Land.
Smartphones andtablets started to replace flip-phones and become mainstream. They could be used to play games, make telephone calls, download music, and check the Internet. TheiPad was first introduced in 2010 bySteve Jobs, who later died in 2011.
TheWii (Wii Mini c. 2013 pictured) was a popular gaming console in the 2010s which influenced the Microsoft Kinect and PlayStation Move. One of the most critically acclaimed games of the decade,Super Mario Galaxy 2, released on the Wii.
Aself-balancing scooter. These devices (also named hoverboards at the time) attracted much attention and curiosity around 2015 on the Internet from appearing on shows such asJimmy Fallon andConan.
Fedora hats were popular at the beginning of the 2010s, worn here byBruno Mars in 2011, singer of "Uptown Funk" (the Billboard Hot 100's #1 song of the 2010s).
A public stop or "Pokéstop" for the gamePokémon Go. The game made use of AR, oraugmented reality, and became huge in the summer of 2016.
In the late 2010s,vaping became popular. Fruit-flavored vape cartridges could be purchased as well, and became highly controversial.
Vaporwave was a 2010s music genre that attracted attention.Lofi hip-hop was also new and grew a following.Floral Shoppe andLofi Girl helped define these genres of the 2010s.
Synthwave was another music genre that achieved mainstream popularity during the 2010s, having been used in numerous popular films, TV shows and video games of the decade. It was inspired by the music and aesthetics of the 1980s.
A group of teensdabbing, a popular fad and gesture of the youth around 2015–2016. Dabbing was the most prominent dance trend of the 2010s, which joined such dances asFlossing and theHarlem Shake.
A group ofemojis. The 2010s saw the first usage of modern emoticons or "emojis" which were often on the operating systems of phones and computers.
TheEDM scene obtained commercial success as seen with songs like "Party Rock Anthem" byLMFAO. The early 2010s had a unique party culture that was inspired by EDM.
Fashion of the 2010s became slimmer-fit and slightly more formal compared to previous decades. In addition, people's handheld devices such as cellphones (and their colorful cases),selfie sticks (for a brief period during the middle of the decade), tech-likeBeats headphones,smart watches, wired and by the end of the decadewirelessear buds, as well as handheld gaming systems became more prevalent personal items.
The decade was also defined by newhipster fashion (hipster styles were marked by the wearing of knit beanies, checkered shirts, and clothes from thrift stores; as well as hobbies like horticulture, photography, and specialty coffee)athleisure, and a revival ofausterity-era and other nostalgic alternative fashion trends (such as1980s-styleneon streetwear in the first part of the decade, and unisex1990s-style elements influenced bygrunge).
In 2018, a subculture of "e-kids" came into existence, whom took their style from Japanese street fashion, cosplay, skater aesthetic, and other pieces of pop culture. In contrast to the colorful subculture of "e-kids" later in the decade, the early 2010s saw theEmo revival.
In the United States, political fashion became a genre of fashion starting around 2016, as people wore hats likeMAGA hats (popularized by political outsider, prior TV-star and businessman PresidentDonald Trump), as well as thePussyhat. These two pieces of fashion wear would be popularized in the 2010s in popular culture on television and further, but would become controversial in their own right.
The decade sparked many smaller fashion movements, notable examples includingCottagecore andNormcore (a notable icon of Normcore in the 2010s was Steve Jobs, whom represented the decade's casual clothing). Fad toys and accessories like theFidget spinner,Silly Bandz, andShutter shades each had waves of popularity among youth throughout the decade.Funko Pops were a collectible fad during the 2010s.
Internet users grew from covering 29% to 54% of the world population.[537]
Over the course of the 2010s,Baidu,Twitter andInstagram emerged to become among the top 10 most visited websites (becoming the 4th, 6th and 8th most popular websites by the end of the decade), whileWikipedia went the 9th to 5th most popular website, almost sextupling its monthly visits (from 1 to 5.7 billion). Meanwhile,Yahoo significantly declined in popularity, descending from being the 1st to 9th most popular site, with monthly visits declining by two-thirds (going from 11.6 to 3.9 billion).Google,Facebook,YouTube andYandex maintained relatively consistent popularity and remained within the top 10 throughout the decade.[538] In 2015,Discord, one of the largest instant messaging social platforms was launched.[539]
Marvel's main competitor,DC Extended Universe also began to produce superhero films starting in 2013, with films such asJustice League releasing in 2017.
Thescience fictionUniversal franchiseJurassic Park also saw a resurgence and popularity with the release ofJurassic World andJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Both of these films each garnered over $1 billion in revenue with the first film became the 3rd highest-grossing film of all time and the second film became the 12th highest-grossing film of all time. Critical reception of the first movie was positive while the second movie had mixed reviews from critics and negative reviews from fans.
Disney also produced many live action films based on their theme park attractions and on other existing IP. This included movies likeTomorrowland,A Wrinkle In Time,Into The Woods,John Carter,The Sorcerer's Apprentice andThe Lone Ranger. Most of these films received mixed responses from critics audiences and were generally unsuccessful at the box office, though in retrospect some of these films (particularlyTomorrowland) have come to be viewed as "emerging cult films".
Disney Channel'sDescendants franchise garnered popularity and high viewership with its first three films during the decade along with releasing a short animated seriesWicked World. Halloween costumes of the characters also became one of the most searched costumes every year since the release of the first film.
The critically acclaimed movies of the 2010s mentioned above set new precedents. Movies likeBoyhood (2014) were filmed over the span of a decade in real time to show the growth and childhood of a young boy, andUncut Gems (2019) broughtAdam Sandler back to a wide screen release, while teenage movies likeThe Edge of Seventeen (2016),Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015),The Fault in Our Stars (2014), andThe Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) gained large popularity.Her (2013) becameSpike Jonze's highest-grossing and most critically acclaimed movie, noted for its filming locations and art direction,Two Days, One Night (2014) became theDardenne brothers' highest-grossing film[543] and the first to receive an Oscar nomination,[544] withMarion Cotillard becoming the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar for a Belgian film.[545]Parasite (2019) became the first foreign film to win best picture, and movies likeReady Player One (2018) helped advance motion capture technologies (winning two Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Visuals Effects Society and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film), in addition to becoming one of Spielberg's highest-grossing films.
The 2010s decade is often said to be a part of theGolden Age of Television, due to the widespread quality of multiple shows, as well as advancements in technology leading to streaming, cable television, and online outlets bringing this quality and quantity of programming.Cable providers saw a decline in subscriber numbers ascord-cutting viewers switched to lower-costonline streaming services such asNetflix,Amazon Prime, andHulu.[546] On cable television, as well as streaming services, a variety of shows gained popularity.
Science fiction television gained a renewed sense of interest, thanks in part toBlack Mirror was popularized on Netflix after being broadcast on British television.
Reality television grew an increased following during the decade.Kitchen Nightmares,Hell's Kitchen (UK), andHotel Hell gained popularity on cable television, as well as getting millions of views on YouTube, makingGordon Ramsay a prominent celebrity chef.America's Got Talent drew in viewers when radio personalityHoward Stern announced his joining of the show in late 2011, staying as host until 2015. Meanwhile, popular reality programming on ABC includedWhat Would You Do?,Shark Tank andThe Bachelor. Corinne Olympios also gained recognition on the 2017 season ofThe Bachelor for her behavior on set.American Idol remained popular into the beginning of the decade, as didThe Voice.Impractical Jokers flourished throughout the 2010s, gaining exposure on YouTube and elsewhere.TMZ became a popular television show and news source in the 2010s on cable television and YouTube respectively. A genre of pawn shows emerged likePawn Stars andHardcore Pawn.
The Apprentice was a reality television show that starred media personality and businessmanDonald Trump as host until 2015, at which time he resigned as host. Trump would use the success he gained onThe Apprentice to run for President of the United States; which he was elected to in 2016. Additionally, programs such asThe Celebrity Apprentice, Comedy Central'sThe Roast Of Donald Trump, and Donald Trump's November 2015 hosting ofSaturday Night Live, would send the reality TV star and businessman into the spotlight to help win the U.S. presidency. Governor in the early 2010s and movie starArnold Schwarzenegger took Trump's place onThe Celebrity Apprentice.
Children's content on YouTube was largely dominated by kid-made content involving kids unboxing toys and going on adventures. Many popular channels in this style includedRyan's World, ToyLabTV, Extreme Toys TV andVlad and Niki. Nerf battles were also a very popular trend on YouTube.
YouTube made an annual video series calledYouTube Rewind where it would be a recap of each year's YouTubers, viral videos, trends, events, music and memes from 2010 to 2019. The 2018 and 2019 installments was heavily criticized by YouTubers, critics, and viewers alike, receiving millions of dislikes.Rewind did not return for 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and YouTube announced the following year that the series would be discontinued leading to other YouTubers to make their ownYouTube Rewind videos.
Lady Gaga (left) andTaylor Swift (right) were two of the most famous and influential artists of the 2010s
Globalism and an increased demand for variety and personalisation in the face ofmusic streaming services such asSpotify andApple Music created many new subgenres. US digital music sales topped CD sales in 2012.[552]Dance,hip-hop, andpop music surged in the 2010s,[553] with hip-hop andR&B surpassingrock as the biggest US music genre in 2018.[554]
The popularity of video games increased across the world, as the NintendoWii influenced gaming in the early part of the decade,[565] and theNintendo 3DS provided 3D gaming throughautostereoscopy.[566] The successfulWii was followed by theWii U in 2012, a commercial failure.[565] Ports and sequels to Wii U games on the Nintendo Switch would sell considerably better than their Wii U counterparts, and even though well-received games likeSuper Mario 3D World andNintendo Land released on Wii U, the console still ultimately failed due to poor marketing and public confusion.[567] The Nintendo Wii would be responsible for the most critically acclaimed game of the 2010s decade,Super Mario Galaxy 2 (which is also often considered one of the greatest video games of all time by game critics).
The Wii (and later to a lesser extent the Wii U) would singlehandedly cause the increased use of motion controls in gaming with itsWii line up of games such asWii Play: Motion,Wii Fit U,Wii Sports Club,Wii Party andWii Party U, all released in the 2010s. Motion controls would carry over to Nintendo Switch'sJoy-Con in 2017, and would form the foundation of 2010's motion-basedPlayStation Move andXbox Kinect, counterparts and competitors to the Wii. In addition toSuper Mario Galaxy 2, it is notable in mentioning that Nintendo Wii released a large group of critically acclaimed games in the early 2010s with popular titles such asKirby's Epic Yarn,Donkey Kong Country Returns (both games later in the decade released on 3DS),The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, andSonic Colors; as wellPortal 2 was a critical success on Xbox and PlayStation early in the decade.[568][569]
The 2010s marked the growth, release, and large expansion of the "Toys To Life" category. Brands such as Nintendo'sAmiibo became massively popular, and allowed figurines to be bought which were scanned into games to level up, train your figurine, or receive goods for your figurine. TheAmiibo skyrocketed in success due to the roster of figurines available forSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, with many posting videos of them online going "amiibo hunting" mostly around late 2014 and 2015.Skylanders andDisney Infinity also remained popular at the time, as fads. TheNintendo Labo released in 2018, was also a part of the "Toys To Life" brand of video games, using cardboard to create objects such as a fishing pole, a crank, and a race-car wheel to be played with games.
By the early 2010s,online gaming had become a mainstay of console platforms such as Xbox and PlayStation. During the 2010s, as the number of Internet users increased, two new video game genres rapidly gained worldwide popularity –battle royales andmultiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA) – both designed exclusively for multiplayer gameplay over the Internet.First-person shooters were also a popular genre before and during the decade. These genres are commonly played in esports.
Professional gaming, also known asesports, although well known in the 2000s, became tremendously big incurring a large increase in both viewership and prize money. By the late 2010s, it was estimated that the total audience of esports would grow to 454 million viewers, with revenue increasing to more than US$1 billion, with China accounting for 35% of the global esports revenue in 2020. The increasing availability of onlinestreaming media platforms, particularly YouTube andTwitch, have become central to the growth and promotion of esports competitions.
Since the 2010s, a common trend among online games has been operating them asgames as a service, usingmonetization schemes such asloot boxes andbattle passes as purchasable items atopfreely-offered games. Unlike purchased retail games, online games have the problem of not being permanently playable, as they require specialservers in order to function.
"Let's Players" were even referenced in greater pop culture such as the 2014 episodeRehash onSouth Park, where Pewdiepie would be featured onto the show.Jimmy Kimmel would make asketch parody on his YouTube channel where he would ridicule the "let's plays" culture which led to backlash from thegaming community.
In the 2010smovies based on video game franchises became popular, grossing more and being talked about in the media and among fans more than ever before. Movies likeDetective Pikachu starringRyan Reynolds (which starred additional actors likeKathryn Newton as Lucy Stevens andBill Nighy as Howard Clifford) broke box office records for movies based on game series at the time, while movies likeJim Carrey's debut inSonic the Hedgehog created buzz in the media and on shows likeConan (where the film and its fans were satirized) in 2019 for the movie's depiction of a more realistic-looking hedgehog character, which by demand of the fans, was changed into a more cartoon version of the titular character to much like and approval upon the November 2019 trailer and movie's release.[citation needed]
In early 2018 Nintendo and Illumination jointly announced (after the 2015 reveal of Nintendo's planned Universal theme parks) that they were working on aSuper Mario Bros. movie. The announcement by Nintendo and Illumination was met with internet speculation; the new IlluminationSuper Mario film replaced the Sony–NintendoSuper Mario film that was leaked during the 2014Sony Pictures hack.
The best-selling book of the decade wasFifty Shades of Grey, having sold 15.2 million copies in the United States.[572]
The following is a list of the 10 best-selling books of the decade. Note that global data is unavailable and this is limited to the United States:[572]
2011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in FinlandLeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises.
On 14 October 2012, skydiverFelix Baumgartner completed a jump from thestratosphere and set world records for the highest skydive (39 km or 24 mi), fastest freefall speed (1,357.64 km/h or 843.6 mph, orMach 1.25), and became the first person in history to break thesound barrier without vehicular power.
In November 2016, theChicago Cubs won theWorld Series for the first time since 1908, over the then-Cleveland Indians. Their win, along with Game 7 and the entire 2016 Series, was heavily noted in the sports and baseball community. It is often considered one of the best World Series ever played, due to the underdog nature of both teams, how close the games were and especially the final game, and how it ultimately ended the over 100-year drought of the Cubs not winning a series.
In June 2017, rock climberAlex Honnold became the first person in history tofree solo climbEl Capitan inYosemite National Park, an accomplishment that one commentator described as "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever."
In International Football, European sides won all threeWorld Cups,Spain in2010,Germany in2014, andFrance in2018. Of the finalists, only one was not European,Argentina in 2014. The other finalists wereCroatia in 2018 and theNetherlands in 2010.South Africa hosted the first World Cup of the decade, followed byBrazil and then controversially,Russia in 2018. TheEuros were the next biggest footballing tournaments of the decade, with Spain winning the 2012 edition held in Poland and Ukraine, retaining there title from2008. Iberian dominance persisted in 2016 withPortugal winning their first Major Tournament against France in France. In theCopa America,Uruguay (2011),Chile (2015, 2016) andBrazil (2019) registered tournament wins. In terms of theAfrica Cup of Nations, the winners wereEgypt in 2010,Zambia in 2012,Nigeria in 2013,Ivory Coast in 2015,Cameroon in 2017, andAlgeria in 2019.
Individual accolades were dominated by two players in particular, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. This inspired renewed focus on who the "goat" was, especially in an increasingly online population, with both players winningBallon d'Ors: Messi with 5, and Ronaldo with 4. The only other player to win a Ballon d'Or this decade wasLuka Modrić. The dominance of Ronaldo and Messi was a key feature of the decade, especially because the two players played in the same League for the majority of the decade, with Ronaldo at Real Madrid, and Messi at Barcelona. The two often met in the famousEl Clásico fixture.
Rugby was another well-attended sport in this decade. The landscape of club rugby saw the emergence of the Japanese theatre, with big players heading to Japan.Toulon versusRacing 92 in the2015–16 Top 14 final broke records for club rugby when it clocked over 99,000 in attendance atCamp Nou in Barcelona.
International rugby saw the emergence of several new elite sides, with teams likeIreland as a new major player in the European sphere, and on a larger global sphere, where they peaked at Number 1 in 2019,Wales also saw significant improvement and wins, with their overall achievements leading to a stint at Number 1 in 2019.New Zealand andJapan made headlines during the decade, the latter by beating theSouth Africa national side in2015. Wales,England, and Ireland dominated theSix Nations, though France did win in 2010. In theRugby Championship,Argentina were admitted during the 2011 season, in a general surge in South American rugby, withUruguay becoming established. New Zealand dominated the Rugby Championship, winning all but 2 of the tournaments, losing out in Rugby World Cup years.Italy earned wins versus France and Ireland as well as a shock win against South Africa alongside semi-regular wins againstScotland.
TheRugby World Cup was held three times in the 2010s, firstly in New Zealand in2011, where hosts New Zealand beat France 8–7 in the final. New Zealand beat Australia in2015, 34–17 to become the most successful world cup team and the first team to win Back-to-Back titles. Japan hosted the2019 World Cup andSouth Africa, led by their first Black Captain,Siya Kolisi, won against England in the final 32–12. This was a World Cup of firsts, being the first in Asia, and because Japan progressed as top of their Group after famous wins versus Ireland and Scotland and were beaten only by the eventual winners in the Quarter final. It also saw Uruguay get their first World Cup win againstFiji.
As the decade drew to a close, some commentators looked back on it as a politically unstable period. An article in theNew York Times stated: "With the rise of nationalist movements and a backlash against globalisation on both sides of the Atlantic, the liberal post-World War II order – based on economic integration and international institutions – began to unravel." It heavily discussed the US presidency of Donald Trump (a reality TV star and businessman with no political experience at the time of taking office, succeeding Barack Obama) whilst also commenting, "Echoes of Mr. Trump's nationalist populism can be found in Prime MinisterBoris Johnson of Britain's recent electoral victory and the Brexit referendum of 2016, and in the ascent of the far-right PresidentJair Bolsonaro of Brazil and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of India. Democracy is under threat in Hungary and Poland. Once fringe right-wing parties with openly racist agendas are rebranding themselves in Sweden and Belgium. And far-right groups in Germany and Spain are now the third-largest parties in those nations' parliaments."[574] A December 2019 piece inThe Guardian argued that the 2010s would be remembered "as a time of crises", elaborating "there have been crises of democracy and the economy; of the climate and poverty; of international relations and national identity; of privacy and technology". The article also noted that, in Britain, "politics since 2010 has often been manic. Parties have hastily changed their leaders and policies; sometimes their entire guiding philosophies. Last week's general election was the fourth of the decade; the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s had two apiece."[575] Similar trends of political unrest were felt beyond the Western world, as suggested inThe Asian Review, which described the 2010s as a "tumultuous time for Asia, sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant and never dull".[576]
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